New York Times Top Stories: Posts

New York Times Top Stories

An Excruciating Wait for Abundant Life Christian School Families After Shooting

It would be hours before any details emerged about Monday’s shooting at Abundant Life Christian School, including that the shooter was a student at the school.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Biden Administration Takes First Step to Retaliate Against China Over Hack

The Commerce Department is banning the few remaining operations of China Telecom in the United States, a move that appears unlikely to deter Beijing from conducting sophisticated cyberoperations.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Woman Who Stowed Away on Paris Flight Tries to Flee by Bus to Canada

The woman, Svetlana Dali, had been ordered to wear an ankle monitor after her arrest, but she cut it off and boarded a bus, a law enforcement official said.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Trump Remark at News Conference Gives Glimpse Into His Worldview

“The first term, everybody was fighting me,” the president-elect said. “In this term, everybody wants to be my friend.”

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Dick Van Arsdale, 81, One of First Identical Twins in the N.B.A., Dies

A three-time All-Star, he played for the Knicks and the Phoenix Suns. For one season, he and Tom Van Arsdale were hard-to-tell-apart teammates.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Judge Denies Trump’s Bid to Throw Out Conviction Over Immunity Ruling

Justice Juan M. Merchan thwarted one of several attempts by Donald J. Trump to clear his record of 34 felonies before returning to the White House.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

The Great Capitulation

Powerful Americans have lost the will to resist Trump.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Jay-Z Will Seek Dismissal of Assault Lawsuit His Lawyer Calls a ‘Sham’

The woman who accused him of raping her in 2000, when she was a minor, acknowledged to NBC that there were inconsistencies in her account, but stood by her claim.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

A Spineless Senate Abandons a Qualified Judge

The attacks on Adeel Mangi were without merit.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Trump Held His First News Conference as President-Elect

Also, Syria’s new leader called for sanctions to be lifted. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Syrian Rebel Leader Calls for Lifting of Sanctions, as Assad Defends Exit

Ahmed al-Shara urged nations to remove sanctions from Syria and the terrorism designation from his group so Syria could rebuild. Bashar al-Assad also gave his first account of fleeing to Russia.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

‘Unfettered’ Gas Exports Would Harm U.S. Economy, Energy Secretary Warns

Jennifer Granholm said a new analysis showed that the continued pace of exports was “neither sustainable nor advisable.”

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

The Ordinary Explanations Behind the Reported Drone Sightings

As tips roll in, most reported incidents involve piloted planes and hobby drones, not foreign spying or secret programs, officials say.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Gilgo Beach Prosecutor Promises Major Development in Serial Killing Case

The defendant, Rex Heuermann, is due in court Tuesday. Investigators have been trying to tie him to other unsolved killings on Long Island.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Young Republicans Gather, Ready to Make America Vengeful Again

At a gala on Wall Street for the New York Young Republican Club, attendees were looking forward to retribution from the next Trump era, and musing on another run in 2028.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Black Student Enrollment at Harvard Law Drops by More Than Half

After a Supreme Court decision ended race-based admissions, some law schools saw a decline in Black and Hispanic students entering this fall. Harvard appeared to have the steepest drop.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Ahmed al-Shara, Syrian Rebel Leader, Says Syria Tired of Wars

In an interview, Ahmed al-Shara shed his green fatigues and sought to leave his militant past behind to talk of rebuilding the state.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Trump and SoftBank CEO Announce $100 Billion Investment in US Projects

The technology company plans to invest $100 billion in U.S. projects, echoing the multibillion-dollar pledge it made after Donald J. Trump’s first election victory in 2016.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Carlos Watson, Ozy Media Co-Founder, Is Sentenced to Almost 10 Years in Prison

A federal jury in July found Mr. Watson, who started the digital media company in 2013, guilty of trying to defraud investors and lenders.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

The Trocks, an All-Male Comic Ballet Troupe in Drag, Turn 50

The Trocks were never interested in making a political statement, their artistic director said. “We are men doing performances of ballet in drag for comedic purposes.”

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

TikTok Asks Supreme Court to Block Law Banning Its U.S. Operations

The company and its Chinese parent invoked the First Amendment in urging the justices to step in before a Jan. 19 deadline to sell or be shut down.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Pete Hegseth’s Guard Left the Army After the Beating of a Civilian

John Hasenbein, who has escorted Donald J. Trump’s pick for defense secretary to meetings on Capitol Hill, said he was unjustly prosecuted for the 2019 episode.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

The U.S. military says its airstrikes killed 12 Islamic State operatives in Syria.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/16/world/syria-assad-rebels-news/the-us-military-says-its-airstrikes-killed-12-islamic-state-operatives-in-syria

New York Times Top Stories

Putin Stays Silent on Syria in Meeting With Russia’s Military

In an hourlong televised meeting with his top military brass, Vladimir Putin left Syria unmentioned and made it clear that winning in Ukraine was his top priority.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

What to Know About the Collapse of Germany’s Government, and What’s Next

Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in the German Parliament, ending the unpopular three-party coalition government he has led since 2021.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Austin Tice’s Mother Appeals to Netanyahu to Pause Strikes to Search for Son in Syrian Area

Debra Tice wrote to the Israeli prime minister that her family had “credible information” that Austin Tice may be held in a prison outside Damascus, in an area where Israel had been conducting military operations.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Guggenheim Offers the Poetry of Motion: Sign Language Verses

The museum’s poet in residence for 2024 is putting poetry by deaf and hard-of-hearing artists on display.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Trump Says He Would Consider Pardoning Eric Adams

The comment by President-elect Donald J. Trump reflects an unusual relationship that has been encouraged by Mayor Eric Adams of New York as his federal corruption trial nears.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Biden Prepares to Target Chinese Legacy Chips With Trade Investigation

The investigation could result in tariffs on older types of chips from China, though the decision would ultimately fall to Trump.

Continue Reading…

New York Times Top Stories

Ex-Bangladeshi Leader Orchestrated Mass Disappearances, Inquiry Finds

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and top officials are implicated in a centralized program that abducted dissidents and held them in secret prisons, an official commission’s preliminary report said.

Continue Reading…